Improvement in horse-collars



i I i. @gstellt l @tf1 J. C.; MAHAFFEIC, OF'LI'TTLE YORK, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No. 88,312, dated March 30, 1869.

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Tha Schedule referred tu in these Letters Patent and making part f the am To all whom it mayconcem.-

accompanying drawings, forming part of 'this speciflcation.

This invention relates to a new and improved arrangement for fastening, or securing open-ended horsecollars, and the invention consists in providing a suitable device whereby the collar may rmly be secured, by

means oi' la simple strap in connection therewith, furnishing at once a cheap and durable fastening, at the saine time, one that may be easily fastened or uufastened, and will admit of being varied, to suit the size of diierent horsesnecks.

Letter F, Figure 1, represents an ordinary horsecollar.

Letter E, Figures 1 and 2, represents a iap, sewed to one end ofthe collar on the inside, and loose at the other.

Letter A, figs. l and 2, represents a Hap, sewed to one end of the collar, on the outside, and extending over the other end.

c c represent holes cut in the flap A, laterally. These holes may be protected or not, by plates of metal. v

D represents a staple, attached to the outside and end of thevcollar, opposite the end to which the ap A is attached.

B represents a strap, attached at one end to the outside of the ilap A,l at the point where flap A is attached to the collar. l l.

Similar letters of reference in the above description refer to corresponding parts in the perspective view, fig. 1, the sectional view, fig. 2, and the top plan, or view, Figure 3.

The manner of operating this collar isthus:

The top being open, as at iig. 2, the collar is placed in position on the horses neck Then, being drawn together at the top, the Hap A is brought over, and that one of the holes o c slipped over` the staple D, which gives the light size, or lit. The strap B is next drawn through the staple D, thus seein-ing the ends ofthe collar firmly at the top, at the same time ai'ording a cheap, substantial fastening--one easier operated than any heretofore, and one which leaves the leather in a shape to tuin the 'water in a rain-shower from running down inside of the collar.

One main feature in this invention is, that while it is simple in construction, it is` still capable of holding' J. o. MAHAFFEY.

Witnesses:

A. J. Hansa, W. B. RICHARDS. 

